02/28/25: Jamie Selzler is the DNC Committeeman from North Dakota filling in for Joel Heitkamp, and is joined by Josh Askvig. Josh is the State Director for AARP North Dakota and joins Jamie on "News and Views" to talk about what the AARP is focusing on this legislative session. 

(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

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02/27/25: North Dakota State Senator Josh Boschee is filling in for Joel Heitkamp, and is joined in the KFGO studio by Zoe Absy. Zoe is with the Fargo Neighborhood Coalition and dives into why they formed and their work throughout the community. 

(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

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02/27/25: Joel Heitkamp is off, and North Dakota State Senator Josh Boschee is filling in. Bill Tuttle joins Josh in the KFGO studio to talk about emergency services in rural North Dakota, specifically hitting on the challenges throughout the state. Bill Tuttle is the NE Region Director of the North Dakota Emergency Medical Services Association, and works with the Drayton Volunteer Ambulance.

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02/27/25: North Dakota State Senator Josh Boschee is filling in for Joel Heitkamp, and is joined by Dr. Aimee Copas. Dr. Copas is the Executive Director of the North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders, and shares her expertise on innovating public schools and the choice within schools. 

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02/26/25: Joel Heitkamp is joined in the KFGO studio by former North Dakota State Representative, Shannon Roers Jones. Shannon is the Building Industry Association President Elect, and talks about everything the Home and Garden Show will have to offer this weekend. It'll be taking place at the Fargodome Friday from 3-8PM, Saturday from 9AM-6PM, and Sunday from 11AM-5PM.

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02/26/25: Joel Heitkamp is joined by his sister and former United States Senator, Heidi Heitkamp, after the House passed a budget blueprint yesterday evening. The newly passed House GOP plan calls for sweeping tax cuts, steep spending cuts, a two-year debt limit hike, and new money for border security and energy production.

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02/25/25: Moorhead Police Chief Shannon Monroe is retiring at the end of March and Deputy Chief Tory Jacobson is retiring on February 28th. The City of Moorhead has made a conditional offer to Fargo Police Capt. Chris Helmick to be its next police chief.

Joel Heitkamp is joined in the KFGO studio by Chief Monroe and Deputy Chief  Jacobson to talk about their decision to retire, how their jobs have changed over the years, and what they'd like to say to the FM community. 

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02/25/25: Joel Heitkamp is joined again by Laurie Levenson on "News and Views." Laurie is a Professor of Law and David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy at Loyola Law School in California. At Loyola, Professor Levenson is the Founding Director of the Loyola Project for the Innocent, the Loyola Center for Ethical Advocacy, and the Fidler Institute on Criminal Justice, and Senior Faculty for Loyola's Journalist Law School.

Joel and Laurie talk about Elon Musk and his DOGE, after key U.S. agencies, including the FBI, State Department and the Pentagon, instructed their employees not to comply with cost-cutting chief Elon Musk’s latest demand that federal workers explain what they accomplished last week — or risk losing their job.

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02/24/25: Joel Heitkamp is joined again in the studio by Jack Zaleski and Al Aamodt to talk about journalism in today's world under the Trump Administration. Jack is a former Editor of the Devils Lake Daily Journal and The Forum’s editorial page, and now works as a Columnist for The Forum. Al Aamodt is a former Fargo Broadcaster and KFGO Reporter. 

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02/21/25: The KFGO studio is full with Tyler Axness, JJ Gordon, Rusty Halvorson, Eric Johnson, Joel Heitkamp, and Abby Miller to talk about lawn chairs. Abby is in the market for a nice lawn chair, and consults her colleagues for advice. 

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